• Financial or property: We cannot agree

    This page provides a summary of the options available when you cannot agree on financial arrangements after separation.

  • Paper - ICL Practice - Focus on Court-based role

    A paper concerning the education session delivered to Tasmanian family law practitioners 25 November 2022 Speakers: Judge Sandra Taglieri – Division 2 FCFCOA; Justice McGuire – Division 1 FCFCOA; and Kristen Wylie – Tasmania Legal Aid

  • Child Support Applications

    This brochure explains what type of child support applications and appeals can be filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court).

  • Reconciliation Action Plan - May 2025 to May 2027

    This 2025–2027 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) reflects the Courts’ continuing commitment to supporting access to justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

  • Bankruptcy Information Sheet 4: Setting aside a Bankruptcy Notice

    About this information sheet This Information Sheet sets out general information on how to apply to the Court to set aside and/or extend time for compliance with a Bankruptcy Notice. A Bankruptcy Notice is an important document. Failure to comply with the notice or to apply to the court to set it aside will entitle a creditor to present a Creditor's Petition for an order that the debtor be made a bankrupt.

  • Part 2: Overview of the Court

    About the Court The Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Federal Circuit Court) was established by the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 (Cth) as an independent federal court under Chapter III of the Constitution. The Court is a federal court of record and a court of law and equity. The jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court is best described in terms of three main areas:

  • Bankruptcy Information Sheet 3: Opposing a Creditor's Petition

    This information sheet sets out general information on the options available to a debtor who is served with a Creditor's Petition to make them a bankrupt. This includes general information on how to oppose a petition where valid legal grounds exist and asking for more time to pay the debt or get legal or financial advice.

  • Family Law Practice Direction: Child support and child maintenance proceedings

    This Practice Direction sets out the procedure for all family law proceedings with respect to child support and/or child maintenance (including overseas child maintenance) and child support appeal.
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